Does everyone else know about The Millions? If not, your Friday's about to get a whole lot brighter (and substantially less productive). An online cultural magazine up and running since 2003, its emphasis is heavily on US literature – catnip for the likes of me. Recent articles include an interview with US literary darling David Vann on truth, memory and identity, a fantastic essay from the winner of the 2011 John Simmons Short Fiction award Josh Rolnick about the "fidgety, dodgy chaos" of writing short stories and a highly entertaining vignette by LA writer Edan Lepucki on the agony of rejection.

I particularly like the staff picks – an online version of the handwritten cards that staff pin to the shelves in Waterstone's. Recent recommendations include Sabbath's Theater ("Roth's most Roth-y book. Which is to say, his best") and a bewitching-sounding book called The Real State of America which, via a series of "short essays, colorful graphics, charts and maps" sets about demolishing "the notion – the enduring fantasy – that America is a land of equal opportunity, a place where boundless bounty awaits anyone who is willing to work hard and play by the rules." I've placed my Amazon order already.